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While most students relax and enjoy spring break, Carleton College rookie runner Jerry Cook-Gallardo (Moscow, Idaho/Moscow) was all business in a pair of impressive performances in California. The freshman posted the MIAC’s top two times in the 800-meter run this season with a pair of top three finishes, and he also helped two Knight relay teams finish in the top three, all in a two-day span.For his performance, Cook-Gallardo was honored on Wednesday with the first MIAC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week award of 2015.

Cook-Gallardo started his outdoor season with a then-MIAC-best time of 1:52.3 in the 800-meter run to win the race by six seconds at the Santa Barbara Easter Relays on March 20. A day later, he was even faster, finishing the 800 in 1:51.09 and coming in third behind only a Division I runner and a decorated unattached competitor at the Westmont Collegiate Classic. That same day, Cook-Gallardo anchored Carleton’s victorious 4×800-meter relay team (7:48.60) and helped the 4×400-meter relay team finished third (3:29.09). This is Cook-Gallardo’s second MIAC Athlete-of-the-Week award of 2015, after winning the same honor once during the indoor season.